A bit on the nose! The world’s longest-running photography exhibition – in pictures
The Guardian has published a picture gallery marking the Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition, billed as the world's longest-running photography show, now on display at Saatchi Gallery in London until 11 September. The exhibition brings together a wide range of contemporary photographic series covering themes such as identity, community, climate change and conflict, reflecting the breadth of subject matter tackled by photographers working today.
Featured works include Robert Coxwell's "Flowers", documenting fetish clothing within London's queer kink and BDSM community; Attilio Fiumarella's "Swimmers", showing more than 100 people at Birmingham's Moseley Road Baths protesting the historic pool's threatened closure; and Kate Peters' "Embodied Fictions", portraits of clowns exploring gender and identity. Other highlights are Michael James O'Brien's early-1990s drag portraits from New York and London nightlife, Thomas Mandl's images of displaced Ukrainian children in homemade superhero costumes, and a series documenting the visible effects of climate change on Scotland's skiing industry at Glenshee Ski Centre.
- RPS's International Photography Exhibition runs at Saatchi Gallery until 11 September
- Works span kink culture, drag history, clowning and displacement
- Includes images on Ukrainian children and Scottish ski climate impact
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The Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition is described as the world's longest-running photography show, and its latest edition is currently running at the Saatchi Gallery in London until 11 September. Each year it brings together a broad selection of contemporary photographic projects, this time spanning themes such as identity, community, climate change and conflict.
Among the photographers featured are Robert Coxwell, documenting fetish clothing within London's queer kink and BDSM community, and Attilio Fiumarella, whose work captures a protest by more than 100 people over the threatened closure of Birmingham's historic Moseley Road Baths. Other contributors include Kate Peters, photographing clowns to explore questions of gender and identity, and Michael James O'Brien, whose portraits revisit early-1990s drag culture in New York and London nightlife.
The exhibition also includes work with a more explicitly political or environmental angle, such as Thomas Mandl's images of displaced Ukrainian children wearing homemade superhero costumes, and a series recording the visible impact of climate change on Scotland's skiing industry at Glenshee Ski Centre. Together, these projects illustrate the range of subjects contemporary photographers are choosing to document.